Playstation 3
By Timothy 1 Comments
The last few days I've rented a couple of games for my PS3. MGS4 was finally starting to wear itself thin, so I decided to try something new. First up was Dark Sector, a Gears of War like game released for multiple platforms.
I remember when this game was first announced, many, many years ago. Well, I'm glad I did not actually buy this game. So many things are wrong with Dark Sector. For one the melee combat is absolutely awful. I have these zombie like guys fucking swarming me, and my guy has the slowest melee attack imaginable. It is so painfully frustrating. And what's the deal with every Russian peasant being buried with a wrench or hammer to use as a weapon when their corpses are reanimated? I'm a firm believer in a healthy suspension of disbelief when playing games, but come on.
I also played some Gran Turismo 5 Prologue last night and today. I am glad that I did not buy this one either. I haven't played a Gran Turismo game since Gran Turismo 2 on the PS1, but I have played other racing games in the intervening years. There are a lot of little things about that game that piss me off. For one, I hate it when racing games make me "get out" of my car if I want to sell it. Come on man, just let me sell my fucking car. The menu selection also feels sluggish to me, and I hate being kicked out to the main menu when I finish a race. Those extra button presses irritate the hell out of me, and I just couldn't do it anymore after a while. The graphics are lovely in 1080p, but something about them just felt sorta lifeless to me. I'm a huge fan of Forza Motorsport 2, and I think I'll just stick with that for now. Speaking of Forza 2, whats up with the auction house requiring Gold? I've been playing that game for a while, and I finally decided to try out the auction house now that I have amassed a fucking fortune in credits. I tried to bid on this crazy looking Japanese car, and I find out I have to have an Xbox Live Gold membership to do that. Thats fucked up man. Its bad enough that I have to wait a week to download demos and the stupid promotional gamerpics. I doubt that I'll ever use the auction house because I can never bring myself to pay for a peer to peer service.
